How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Also by Leil Lowndes
• Preface: Having it all
• Part One: You only have ten seconds to show you’re a somebodyThe incredible, inescapable, unique essence of you
• 1 The flooding smile
• 2 Sticky eyes
• 3 Epoxy eyes
• 4 Hang by your teeth
• 5 The big-baby pivot
• 6 Hello old friend
• 7 Limit the fidget
• 8 Hans’s horse sense
• 9 Watch the scene before you make the scene
• Part Two: What do I say after I say ‘hello’?Small talk, your verbal welcome mat
• 10 The mood match
• 11 Prosaic with passion
• 12 Always wear a Whatzit
• 13 Whoozat?
• 14 Eavesdrop in
• 15 Never the naked city
• 16 Never the naked job
• 17 Never the naked introduction
• 18 Be a word detective
• 19 The swivelling spotlight
• 20 Parroting
• 21 Encore!
• 22 Ac-cen-tu-ate the pos-i-tive
• 23 The latest news … don’t leave home without it
• Part Three: How to talk like the big boys ’n’ girlsWelcome to the human jungle
• 24 What do you do – NOT!
• 25 The nutshell resume
• 26 Your personal thesaurus
• 27 Kill the quick ‘me, too!’
• 28 Comm-YOU-nication
• 29 The exclusive smile
• 30 Don’t touch a cliché with a ten-foot pole
• 31 Use jawsmith’s jive
• 32 Call a spade a spade
• 33 Trash the teasing
• 34 It’s the receiver’s ball
• 35 The broken record
• 36 Big shots don’t slobber
• 37 Never the naked thank you
• Part Four: How to be an insider in any crowdWhat are they all talking about?
• 38 Scramble therapy
• 39 Learn a little Gobbledygook
• 40 Baring their hot button
• 41 Read their rags
• 42 Clear ‘custom’
• 43 Bluffing for bargains
• Part Five: Why, we’re just alike!We’re like peas in a pod
• 44 Be a copycat
• 45 Echoing
• 46 Potent imaging
• 47 Employ empathizers
• 48 Anatomically correct empathizers
• 49 The premature we
• 50 Instant history
• Part Six: The power of praise, the folly of flatteryPraise reappraised
• 51 Grapevine glory
• 52 Carrier pigeon kudos
• 53 Implied magnificence
• 54 Accidental adulation
• 55 The killer compliment
• 56 Little strokes
• 57 The knee-jerk ‘wow!’
• 58 Boomeranging
• 59 The tombstone game
• Part Seven: Direct dial their heartsHow to be a hit in another show
• 60 Talking gestures
• 61 Name shower
• 62 Oh wow, it’s you!’
• 63 The sneaky screen
• 64 Salute the spouse
• 65 What colour is your time?
• 66 Constantly changing outgoing message
• 67 Your ten-second audition
• 68 The ho-hum caper
• 69 ‘I hear your other line’
• 70 Instant replay
• Part Eight: How to work a party like a politician works a roomThe politician’s six-point party checklist
• 71 Munching or mingling
• 72 Rubberneck the room
• 73 Be the chooser, not the choosee
• 74 Come-hither hands
• 75 Tracking
• 76 The business card dossier
• 77 Eyeball selling
• Part Nine: Little tricks of big winnersThe most treacherous glass ceiling of all
• 78 See no bloopers, hear no bloopers
• 79 Lend a helping tongue
• 80 Bare the buried WIIFM
• 81 Let ’em savour the favour
• 82 Tit for (wait … wait) tat
• 83 Parties are for pratter
• 84 Dinner’s for dining
• 85 Chance encounters are for chitchat
• 86 Empty their tanks
• 87 Echo the EMO
• 88 My goof, your gain
• 89 Leave an escape hatch
• 90 Buttercups for their boss
• 91 Lead the listeners
• 92 The great scorecard in the sky
• A final word: Your destiny
• Back Ads
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• About the author
• About the Publisher